[RWP] buying new audio gear

[Ken Downey]

I'm looking into an external sound blaster. It's about fifty bucks, plugs 
into the USB port, has its own asio drivers, and so on. As far as 
interfaces, things like the MBox, i don't use anything like that. If I need 
two or more inputs at once, I buy a six-dollar headphone splitter. The good 
ones, (not the cheap ones from Walmart,) will allow two stereo input signals 
no problem. If you need more than two inputs, you'll have to either get a 
second splitter or buy a mixer, probably around $100 or so. It just depends 
on how advanced you want to get.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Fayre" <jfayre at gmail.com>
To: <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2014 11:42 AM
Subject: [RWP] buying new audio gear


> Hi everyone,
> I just subscribed to this list. I'm wanting to buy some audio gear for
> my girlfriend for Christmas. Although I'm very technical, I'm not very
> familiar with recording hardware and terminology, so go easy on me.
> Here's what I'm looking for:
> The recording she's been doing up to now is mostly acoustic guitar,
> drums and vocals. No midi yet, but that is a possibility.
> I'm leaning towards using Reaper for audio recording and editing as
> opposed to something like Sonar. I like the cost and I'm having a hard
> time justifying the cost of Sonar and cake talking, especially since
> it doesn't work with latest Sonar.
> I'm looking at purchasing a control surface. At this point, I'm
> looking at the bcf2000. Any thoughts on that?
> I'll also need an audio interface. What interface would people
> recommend? One person told me to go with something like an Onyx 820i
> as the audio interface. I've also heard good things about the m-audio
> stuff.
> As this setup is for home, I'm looking to save money where I can.
> Any help or guidance would be appreciated?
> Thanks!
>
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